Assessment of pain in the cognitively impaired older adult in long-term care

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-112

  Mezinskis, Patricia M ^a   Keller, Ann W ^b   Luggen, Ann Schmidt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NURSE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEPTIC ULCER; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2442462517     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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